Parker Kligerman No. 77 Team Chipping Their Way Through Tough Competition

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Parker Kligerman and his No. 77 Bandit Chippers Racing team head to Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn for Saturday’s Alliance Truck Parts 250 looking to continue chipping their way through the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner’s point standings. Kligerman and crew gained two positions last week after registering their ninth consecutive top-15 finish and enter this week’s race in their primary sponsors backyard ranked eighth in the standings.

The single-car team’s consistency has led them to being a fixture in the top 10 in owner’s points this season, despite battling week in and week out against teams with multiple entries from Sprint Cup Series organizations. The No. 77 squad is the only single-car team ranked inside the top 10 and in just the team’s second year competing in the Nationwide Series have found themselves battling amongst the series perennial powerhouses, Joe Gibbs Racing, Penske Racing and Richard Childress Racing, all who have at least two teams ranked inside the top 10 in series owner’s points.

 

Not only is the team battling fierce competition, but in his first full-time Nationwide Series campaign, Kligerman finds himself in the mix for the driver’s championship with several former Sprint Cup Series regulars. The Connecticut native, who currently ranks sixth in the driver’s point standings, is one of only two competitors (Justin Allgaier, third) in the top seven in points to have never made a Sprint Cup Series start. The top two in points, Regan Smith and Sam Hornish Jr., each have over 100 career starts in NASCAR’s premier division. Elliott Sadler (fifth in points) has over 400 career starts and Brian Vickers (seventh in points) has 268 career starts and even youngster Austin Dillon has made six career starts in the top division.

 

If Kligerman hopes to bring home a trophy in Bandit’s backyard and make a move in the points standings, he’ll have to chip his way through some heavy competition again Saturday, including a six-time winner in the series this season who also happens to be his boss – Kyle Busch.

 

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